Hugo_Wolfwhistle
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I have been pricing up timber to replace a crumbling overlap panel fence with a more substantial close board fence or shadowbox fence. I found a place locally that will supply good pressure treated timber specifically aimed at building fences (e.g. boards in standard fence lengths, fence posts and profiled fence rails). The timber seems very cheap and pretty substantial for the intended purpose.
I was also planning to get a garden shed soon so that I can clear stuff out of the garage (so that I can make room for woodworking in the garage). Since most of the sheds on display at garden centers and B&Q look really flimsy, I was thinking I would build the new shed instead.
Originally I had planned to build the shed out of T&G timber and standard construction timber, and then treat the wood to protect it, however having seen how much cheaper the fencing timber is from this local supplier, I was thinking it might be a good idea to build it out of that instead.
I was thinking of using 4"x4" fence posts to construct the skeleton frame, the roof trusses and also in a grillage type arrangement to support the suspended floor. Then I would clad it with the fence boards and roof it with a load of clay pan tiles my parents have spare from years ago. The floor would probably still be normal T&G floor boards.
I was thinking that this would mean that the whole shed was pressure treated, so would last longer, and it would also be cheap.
As an added benefit I was thinking that instead of having to level the ground and lay a concrete or paving slab foundation for the shed, I would be able to just drive some of those metal fence post spikes into the ground and build the skeleton up from them, thereby having a suspended floor. This gives me the advantage that I will be able to put the shed right in the corner of the garden where there are slight embankments without having to do a lot of digging.
Since the fence boards are not T&G, I was thinking that to make sure there are no gaps between adjacent boards, I could just run a bevel cut up the long edges of each board to make them parallelograms so that they can push together tight and be nailed down.
Does this sound reasonable, or have I missed something? I haven't built anything that size before, so any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers.
I was also planning to get a garden shed soon so that I can clear stuff out of the garage (so that I can make room for woodworking in the garage). Since most of the sheds on display at garden centers and B&Q look really flimsy, I was thinking I would build the new shed instead.
Originally I had planned to build the shed out of T&G timber and standard construction timber, and then treat the wood to protect it, however having seen how much cheaper the fencing timber is from this local supplier, I was thinking it might be a good idea to build it out of that instead.
I was thinking of using 4"x4" fence posts to construct the skeleton frame, the roof trusses and also in a grillage type arrangement to support the suspended floor. Then I would clad it with the fence boards and roof it with a load of clay pan tiles my parents have spare from years ago. The floor would probably still be normal T&G floor boards.
I was thinking that this would mean that the whole shed was pressure treated, so would last longer, and it would also be cheap.
As an added benefit I was thinking that instead of having to level the ground and lay a concrete or paving slab foundation for the shed, I would be able to just drive some of those metal fence post spikes into the ground and build the skeleton up from them, thereby having a suspended floor. This gives me the advantage that I will be able to put the shed right in the corner of the garden where there are slight embankments without having to do a lot of digging.
Since the fence boards are not T&G, I was thinking that to make sure there are no gaps between adjacent boards, I could just run a bevel cut up the long edges of each board to make them parallelograms so that they can push together tight and be nailed down.
Does this sound reasonable, or have I missed something? I haven't built anything that size before, so any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers.